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Quote by William Blackstone
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer. - Wi

It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer. – William Blackstone

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So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community. – William Blackstone

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William Blackstone
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The public good is in nothing more essentially interested than in the protection of every individuals private rights. – William Blackstone

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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. – Thomas Jefferson

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Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this. – David Crosby

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He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level. – Charles James Fox

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